Rudolf II, Count of Altdorf

Rudolf II (also Rudolph) (died c.990) was a count of Altdorf and a member of the Swabian group of the Elder House of Welf.

He was the son of Rudolf I, count of Altdorf,^[1] son of Henry, son of Eticho count of Ammergau, son of Welf I. He was married to Ita of Öhningen, daughter of Conrad I, Duke of Swabia.^[2] With his wife, Ita, Rudolf had several children, including:

Henry, count of Altdorf (died c.1000).
Welf II, Count of Swabia^[3]
Richlind of Altdorf, married Adalbert II, count of Ebersberg (died 1045)
? Eberhard, bishop of Bamberg (1007-1041)
? Cuno I., count of Sualafeld (died after 1020)

Rudolf died c.990 and was buried at Altdorf.^[4]

References[]

A. Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln zur europäischen Geschichte, Band I, Teilband 1 (Frankfurt am Main, 1993).
D. Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln Neue Folge, Volume I. 1
B. Schneidmüller, Die Welfen. Herrschaft und Erinnerung (819–1252). (Stuttgart, 2000)
Freed, John B. (2016). Frederick Barbarossa: The Prince and the Myth. Yale University Press.

Notes[]

^ Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 29
^ Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, table 17
^ Freed 2016, p. 13.
^ Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 116

External links[]

Medieval Lands Project: Swabia
Rudolf II, Graf von Altdorf (in German)

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[1] Thiele, Erzählende genealogische Stammtafeln, table 29

[2] Schwennicke, Europäische Stammtafeln, table 17

[FOOTNOTEFreed201613-3] Freed 2016, p. 13.

[4] Schneidmüller, Die Welfen, p. 116

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